Sample Family

=Hole, =Core, =Core-Section, =Core-Sample
The Sample Family shows a sub-sampling graph. Select entries to navigate samples. Core-Samples are issued to scientists on request. The naming convention for a Core-Sample is: Expedition_Site_Hole_Core_Section,from-to(cm). Hole, Core, and Core-Section are following the same schema respectively.

Location Map

    Publications & Datasets

    General Identifiers

    Program:ICDP
    Expedition:ICDP 5059
    Type:Core Section
    Name:5059_1_D_119_Z_1
    IGSN:ICDP5059ESAXIU2
    Parent IGSN:ICDP5059EC9R101
    Release Date:2019-4-1

    Sampling Location

    Latitude:63.3016081666667
    Longitude:-20.5998616666667
    Coordinate System:WGS84
    Elevation:-289.52
    Final Depth:-289.57
    Location Type:continental land
    Location Name:NN
    Location Description:Vetsmanneyjar Archipelago, Iceland's SE rift zone
    Country:Iceland
    Province:Surtsey Island
    County:South Coast
    City:NN

    Geology

    Material:Rock
    Rock Classification:VOL
    Rock Type:Crystalline Basalt
    Rock Description: 347.65-347.7m
    • Interval: 347.65-347.7m
    • Major Lithology: Crystalline Basalt
    • Comments: NN
    • Volcaniclastic Debris: SEE CRYSTALLINE BASALT; Color:Blackish-gray to very dark gray; Stratification:nn; Granulometric:nn; Secondary Minerals:Y; on fracture/joint/fragment surfaces; Sorting:nn; Support:nn; Grading:nn; Alteration:nn; Fractures:nn; Clast Types:nn; Matrix:nn; Comments:Clasts are identical to the intrusion 119-1, with rough margins.
    • Crystalline Basalt: Aphanitic/ Aphyric; Vesicularity:Dense-Poorly vesicular (5% max); Ves-Textures:Subspherical, convoluted vesicles (individual vesicles =1 mm) in planes and domains; Jointing:Extremely fractured/jointed lower section; Contacts:Lower granulated margin; Comments:Microcrystalline groundmass, passes downwards into fragmented debris identical to intrusion. Very similar to the upper portion of 118-1 "aphyric vesicular basalt". Dense dark gray planes separating poorly vesicular zones
    From Corrected Depth:347.65
    To Corrected Depth:347.70
    Depth Reference:meter below ground level
    Geological Age:quaternary-holocene
    Geological Unit:N/A

    Methods

    MSCLno
    Lithological Descriptionyes
    Core Overviewyes
    Core Section Scanno
    Core Catcher Scanno

    Drilling

    Drilling Method:
    Coring>RockCorer
    wireline diamond coring, PQ bit size
    Operator:
    DOSECC Exploration Services, UTAH, USA
    Surtsey Island, Iceland
    Funding Agency:International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
    Total Length:-347.7m
    Comments:N/A
    Platform Type:drill rig
    Platform Name:drill
    Platform Description:slimhole wireline coring system
    Chief Scientist:Marie D. Jackson
    Start Date:2017-08-27
    End Date:2017-09-06

    Repositories

    Current Repository:Icelandic Institute of Natural History in Gardabaer/Breiddalsvik, Iceland
    Current Repository Contact:Kristjan Jonasson: kristjan@ni.is
    Original Repository:N/A
    Original Repository Contact:N/A